Six fabulous tales - vividly imagined and powerfully told.The shriek of the wind, calling the waters to rebel - and a silver man from the sea with a voice like the roar of a seashell . . .A long-told story of the sea people and their song - and a golden eye, glittering in a pool at the edge of a desert . . .A ferocious serpent, its body as think as the trunk of a huge tree - and the immense, unknowable Kraken, dark beyond black, cold beyond ice, waking on the ocean floor . . .Immerse yourself in this mesmorising collection of short stories inspired buy the element of Water - and be swept away by the supurb storytelling skills of two major award-winning authors.
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Six fabulous tales - vividly imagined and powerfully told.The shriek of the wind, calling the waters to rebel - and a silver man from the sea with a voice like the roar of a seashell .
This is a beautifully presented collection of tales emerging from water, with an absorbing cover. A hauntingly memorable book
A new collection of fairy tales based on water written by two outstanding and renowned authors.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780552565011
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Vendor
Corgi Childrens
Vekt
214 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Biographical note

Biography for Peter Dickinson

PETER DICKINSON has won numerous prizes for his books for young readers, including the Carnegie Medal (twice), the Guardian Award, and the Whitbread Literary Award (again, twice). His previous titles for Transworld have included a number of novels for teenage readers, as well as the enchanting Time and the Clock Mice, Etcetera.


Biography for Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley is an American writer and has won many awards
in the US, including the Newbery Medal for THE HERO AND THE CROWN and a Newbery Honor for THE BLUE SWORD. She now lives in Hampshire with her husband, author Peter Dickinson, three whippets, five hundred rose bushes and a 1965 cream-coloured MGB convertible.